As Dust to the Wind

by Peter Darman Book 6 in the Crusader Chronicles series.

First published 2016

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By the 1230s Conrad Wolff and the Sword Brothers have created a powerful crusader state in the eastern Baltic, but peace proves temporary. The Mongol destruction of Rus principalities alters the regional balance, and church leaders see weakened Novgorod as an opportunity for a new western campaign.

Conrad is drawn into the offensive while the return of a personal enemy turns strategy into revenge. His choices contribute to a chain of disasters that threatens the Sword Brothers themselves and leads towards confrontation with Novgorod on the frozen Lake Peipus. The novel closes the series in a period when crusading ambitions, Russian resistance and Mongol expansion are reshaping the political map of northeastern Europe.